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I DISINFBGI'ING OR VAPORIZING DEVIUE. No. 502,544. Patented Aug. 1,1893.

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REGINALD C. WOODCOCK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND CHARLES T. KINGZETT, OFLONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNORS TO THE AMERICAN AND-CONTINEN- TAL SANITASCOMPANY, LIMITED,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISINFECTING OR VAPORIZING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 502,544, dated August1, 1893.

Application filed April 10, 1893.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, REGINALD O. WOOD- COOK, of New York, in the countyand State of New York, United States of America, and

CHARLES THOMAS KINGZETT, of London. En gland, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Disinfecting or Vaporizing Deyices, of which thefollowing is a specificaion.

Our invention relates to an improvement in diffusing or vaporizingapparatus in which a supply of the liquid for purposes of disinfection,deodorization, and perfuming of rooms, hospitals and other places istransmitted by capillary attraction to abody of absorbent ma terialexposedto the surrounding air, whereby the said absorbent materialreceives a continuous charge of the said liquid to make up for any losswhich the absorbent material may undergo by the diffusion of the liquidinto the surrounding air.

Apractical embodiment of our invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation ofa perforated case in which the diffusing apparatus may be housed. Fig. 2is a transverse section through the case and one form of the diffusingapparatus in position therein. Fig. 3 0 represents, in side elevation,adifferent form and arrangement of the parts of the apparatus, and Fig.irepresents, in side elevation, still another form and arrangement ofthe several parts.

In each of the forms of the apparatus represented in Figs. 2, 3, and 4.,is a body of absorbent material for difiusing the liquid disinfectant orperfume into the surrounding air, a reservoir for holding a supply ofthe 0 liquid which is to be diffused, and the connection between thebody of liquid and the absorbent material, which connection consists ofone or more capillary tubes sufficient to convey the liquid from thereservoir to the 5 mass of absorbent material. The capillary tube, ortubes, which we have chosen to illustrate our invention is formed of apiece of ordinary lamp or candle wick.

Referring to Fig. 2, the absorbent material represented by A is hereshown of cylindriserial No. 469.805. (N0 model.)

cal form having its lower end provided with a socketv a adapted toreceive the neck I) of a reservoir B containing the liquid to bediffused. The reservoir B may conveniently be an ordinary jar or bottle.The absorbent ma- 5 5 terial A is here provided with a single opening atextending from its upper to its lower end and opening at its lower endinto the jar B. This opening a may be conveniently utilized for fillingthe jar B with the liquid to be diffused as often as required. A wick Chas its upper end embedded in the absorbent material A and its lower endextends down into the reservoir B into the supply of the liquid therein.

The absorbent materialA may be plasterof paris, or any other suitablesubstance sufficiently porous to permit the liquid to percolatethroughout the mass and come in contact with the surrounding air at itssurface.

For convenience in transportation, in order to protect the apparatusagainst contact with the surrounding objects, We find it convenient toinclose it within a suitable case D which case may be provided withnumerous 7 5 perforations to permit the diffusedor vaporized liquid tofreely escape.

In the form shown in Fig. 3, the absorbent material A is supportedwholly independent of the reservoir B, the absorbent material and thereservoir being conveniently supported upon a single stand, althoughthat is not necessary. In this arrangement, we have shown the absorbentmaterial located to one side of the neck I) of the reservoir, so thatthe liquid to be diffused may be at any time supplied to the reservoirB. In this instance, the absorbent material A may be made in a solidmass without any perforation, such as that denoted at a, and the wick Cmay have its upper end embedded in the end of the absorbent materialAand its lower end extended down'into the reservoir B.

In the form shown in Fig. 4, the absorbent material A may be fixed overthe neck of the 5 reservoir 13 the latter being provided with a fillingspout b off at one side. In this case, the mass of absorbent material 'Amay be solid and the upper end of the wick C may be embedded centrallyin it and extend down too LII.

into the reservoir. In this case, as in the form shown in Fig. 2, theabsorbent material is supported upon the reservoir.

While we have shown the absorbent material in the form of a cylinder, itis obvious that it might be of various shapes as found most desirablefor the particular purpose or purposes for which the device is to beused, and that its arrangement with respect to the reservoir might bevaried in numerous other ways than those suggested, without interferingwith its connection with the liquid in the reservoir by the capillarytubes.

What we claim is-- 1. In diifusing or vaporizing device, the combinationwith a body of absorbent mate rial such as plaster of paris fordiffusing the disinfectant and a reservoir for containing a supply ofliquid to be ditfused, of a flexible capillary attachment embedded atone end within the body of absorbent material and set forth.

REGINALD C. WOODCOCK. O. T. KINGZETT. Witnesses for Reginald O.Woodcock:

FREDK. HAYNES, IRENE B. DECKER. Witnesses for Charles Thomas Kingzett:

I'I. DE MARA, WM. THos. MARSHALL.

